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Jul 31, 2020

Amazon’s next frontier? Outer space.

Amazon’s big step to build out a network of satellites to provide high-speed internet. A Yale study finds expanded jobless benefits are not the reason people haven’t returned to work. And, the state of the hotel industry right now.

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Amazon says it’s going to spend more than $10 billion to deploy and operate more than 3,000 satellites to provide broadband service in the U.S.
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$600 weekly benefit did not reduce employment, study finds
by Andy Uhler
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Yale research says there were a lot of reasons people did not go back to work that were more important, like lack of child care or the fear of getting COVID-19.
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Amazon says FCC has approved its plans for satellite network to provide broadband internet service
This sets up Amazon to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is also doing satellite broadband. Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports.

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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
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Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director

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Amazon’s next frontier? Outer space.

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Segments From This Episode

$600 weekly benefit did not reduce employment, study finds

Amazon says FCC has approved its plans for satellite network to provide broadband internet service

The Team